RobertSFisherMD

Neurology • Palo Alto, CA

Epilepsy, Neurophysiology

Professor, Neurology & Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center

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Office
213 Quarry Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Phone+1 650-498-7551

Fax+1 650-725-0390
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurology, 1979 - 1982
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1979
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1977

Certifications & Licensure

AZ State Medical License 1992 - Present
CA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1980 - 1992
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Epilepsy

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Clinical Trials

Rabeprazole Protection of Aspirin Induced Gastric Damage. Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 4
Lansoprazole Preventing Gastroduodenal Stress Ulcerations Start of enrollment: 2005 Sep 01
Terminated
Phase 4
Epilepsy Impact Scale Start of enrollment: 2012 Jul 01
Completed
VNS Therapy Automatic Magnet Mode Outcomes Study in Epilepsy Patients Exhibiting Ictal Tachycardia (E-37) Start of enrollment: 2013 Jul 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Transcranial Direct Current to Treat Epilepsy at Home Start of enrollment: 2021 May 26
Enrolling by invitation
Early Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Neuromodulatory Focused Ultrasound for Epilepsy: Are Animal Models Useful?
Po-Chun Chu, Hsiang-Yu Yu, Hao-Li Liu, Robert S Fisher> ;ACS Chemical Neuroscience. 2024 Apr 18
Comparing the efficacy of anti-seizure medications using matched cohorts on a large insurance claims database.
Yoav Kan-Tor, Lior Ness, Liran Szlak, Felix Benninger, Sivan Ravid, Michal Chorev, Michal Rosen-Zvi, Yishai Shimoni, Robert S Fisher> ;Epilepsy Research. 2024 Mar 1
7 citations
Multisite thalamic recordings to characterize seizure propagation in the human brain.
Teresa Q Wu, Neda Kaboodvand, Ryan J McGinn, Mike Veit, Zachary Davey, Anjali Datta, Kevin D Graber, Kimford J Meador, Robert Fisher, Vivek Buch, Josef Parvizi> ;Brain. 2023 Jul 3
12 citations
Deep brain stimulation of thalamus for epilepsy.
Robert S Fisher> ;Neurobiology of Disease. 2023 Apr 1
Pulsed Focused Ultrasound Reduces Hippocampal Volume Loss and Improves Behavioral Performance in the Kainic Acid Rat Model of Epilepsy.
Po-Chun Chu, Chen-Syuan Huang, Shan-Zhi Ing, Hsiang-Yu Yu, Robert S Fisher, Hao-Li Liu> ;Neurotherapeutics. 2023 Mar 1
5 citations
A phase 1 open-label trial evaluating focused ultrasound unilateral anterior thalamotomy for focal onset epilepsy.
Vibhor Krishna, Jesse Mindel, Francesco Sammartino, Cady Block, Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Jamie J Van Gompel, Nathan Fountain, Robert Fisher> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Apr 1
2 citations
Transcranial direct current stimulation for focal status epilepticus or lateralized periodic discharges in four patients in a critical care setting.
Robert S Fisher, Ryan J McGinn, Erica L Von Stein, Teresa Q Wu, Kurt Y Qing, Adam Fogarty, Babak Razavi, Chitra Venkatasubramanian> ;Epilepsia. 2023 Apr 1
5 citations
Impact of high-density EEG in presurgical evaluation for refractory epilepsy patients.
Yi Li, Adam Fogarty, Babak Razavi, Pooneh Memar Ardestani, Jessica Falco-Walter, Katherine Werbaneth, Kevin Graber, Kimford Meador, Robert S Fisher> ;Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 2022 Aug 1
15 citations
Practical considerations in epilepsy neurostimulation.
Hugh D Simpson, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Gregory D Cascino, Robert S Fisher, Barbara C Jobst, Michael R Sperling, Brian N Lundstrom> ;Epilepsia. 2022 Oct 1
8 citations
Pulsed-Focused Ultrasound Provides Long-Term Suppression of Epileptiform Bursts in the Kainic Acid-Induced Epilepsy Rat Model.
Po-Chun Chu, Hsiang-Yu Yu, Cheng-Chia Lee, Robert Fisher, Hao-Li Liu> ;Neurotherapeutics. 2022 Jul 1
1 citations
Minimum clinically important difference (MCID) of the personal impact of epilepsy scale (PIES).
Gabriel Martz, Robert S Fisher, Bradley Folley, Gregory A Panza, Fumika Ando, Corey McEachern, Alma Blinn, Joyce A Cramer> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2022 May 1
5 citations
Complex negative emotions induced by electrical stimulation of the human hypothalamus.
Josef Parvizi, Michael J Veit, Daniel A N Barbosa, Aaron Kucyi, Claire Perry, Jonathon J Parker, Rajat S Shivacharan, Fengyixuan Chen, Jennifer Yih, James J Gross, Rob...> ;Brain Stimulation. 2022 Apr 9
23 citations
Visually sensitive seizures: An updated review by the Epilepsy Foundation.
Robert S Fisher, Jayant N Acharya, Fiona Mitchell Baumer, Jacqueline A French, Pasquale Parisi, Jessica H Solodar, Jerzy P Szaflarski, Liu Lin Thio, Benjamin Tolchin, ...> ;Epilepsia. 2022 Apr 1
4 citations
EEG Evoked Potentials to Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Normal Volunteers: Inhibitory TMS EEG Evoked Potentials.
Jing Zhou, Adam Fogarty, Kristina Pfeifer, Jordan Seliger, Robert S Fisher> ;Sensors. 2022 Feb 24
15 citations
Experience and consensus on stimulation of the anterior nucleus of thalamus for epilepsy.
Alfonso Fasano, Dawn Eliashiv, Susan T. Herman, Brian Nils Lundstrom, Dara Polnerow, Jaimie M. Henderson, Robert S. Fisher> ;Epilepsia. 2021 Oct 26
17 citations
Analysis of Deep Brain Stimulation Lead Targeting in the Stimulation of Anterior Nucleus of the Thalamus for Epilepsy Clinical Trial.
Robert E. Gross, Robert S. Fisher, Michael R. Sperling, Jonathon E. Giftakis, Paul H. Stypulkowski> ;Neurosurgery. 2021 Aug 16
2 citations
Status epilepticus after intracranial neurosurgery: incidence and risk stratification by perioperative clinical features.
Michael C. Jin, Jonathon J. Parker, Michael Zhang, Zack A Medress, Casey H. Halpern, Gordon Li, John K. Ratliff, Gerald A. Grant, Robert S. Fisher, Stephen S. Skirboll> ;Journal of Neurosurgery. 2021 May 14
102 citations
The SANTÉ study at 10 years of follow-up: Effectiveness, safety, and sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Vicenta Salanova, Michael R. Sperling, Robert E. Gross, Christopher P. Irwin, Jim A Vollhaber, Jonathon E. Giftakis, Robert S. Fisher> ;Epilepsia. 2021 Apr 8
3 citations
Identification of seizure clusters using free text notes in an electronic seizure diary
Katherine Werbaneth, Joyce A. Cramer, Eyal Bartfeld, Robert S. Fisher> ;Epilepsy & Behavior. 2020 Oct 20
19 citations
Epileptogenic network of focal epilepsies mapped with cortico-cortical evoked potentials
Zhihao Guo, Baotian Zhao, Sheela Toprani, Wenhan Hu, Chao Zhang, Xiu Wang, Lin Sang, Yanshan Ma, Xiao-qiu Shao, Babak Razavi, Josef Parvizi, Robert S. Fisher, Jianguo ...> ;Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020 Sep 2
20 citations
Anti-seizure therapy with a long-term, implanted intra-cerebroventricular delivery system for drug-resistant epilepsy: A first-in-man study
Mark J. Cook, Michael Murphy, Kristian J Bulluss, Wendyl D'Souza, Chris Plummer, Emma Priest, Catherine Williams, Ashwini Sharan, Robert S. Fisher, Sharon Pincus, Eric...> ;Eclinicalmedicine. 2020 May 1
5 citations
Sounds of seizures.
Jennifer Shum, Adam Fogarty, Patricia Dugan, Manisha Holmes, Beth A. Leeman-Markowski, Anli Liu, Robert S. Fisher, Daniel Friedman> ;Seizure. 2020 Mar 18
11 citations
Cortical Excitability, Synaptic Plasticity, and Cognition in Benign Epilepsy With Centrotemporal Spikes: A Pilot TMS-EMG-EEG Study.
Fiona M. Baumer, Kristina J. Pfeifer, Adam Fogarty, Dalia Pena-Solorzano, Camarin E. Rolle, Joanna L Wallace, Alexander Rotenberg, Robert S. Fisher> ;Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020 Mar 1
7 citations
Adjunctive repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation delivers superior quality of life for focal epilepsy compared to anti-epileptic drugs: A meta-analytic utility ...
Uma V Mahajan, Jonathon J. Parker, Nolan R. Williams, Mahendra T. Bhati, Seul Ku, Gerald A. Grant, Robert S. Fisher, Sherman C. Stein, Casey H. Halpern> ;Brain Stimulation. 2020 Mar 1
11 citations
Tripolar concentric EEG electrodes reduce noise.
Anahita Aghaei-Lasboo, Katherine Inoyama, Adam Fogarty, Jonathan T. W. Kuo, Kimford J. Meador, Jessica J. Walter, Scheherazade Le, Kevin Graber, Babak Razavi, Robert S...> ;Clinical Neurophysiology. 2020 Jan 1
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Press Mentions

New Classifications of Seizures and Epilepsies Include New Seizure Types, Simpler TermsApril 20th, 2017
Old Epilepsy Classification System UpdatedMarch 10th, 2017
Group Offers 'Practical' Definition of EpilepsyApril 14th, 2014